balsīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From balsīgs (“voiced”) + -ums (with balsīgs from balss (“voice”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
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Noun
balsīgums m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) voice (the quality of that which is voiced, which is pronounced with simultaneous vibrations of the vocal cords)
- skaņas balsīgums ― the voice (= voicedness) of a sound
- plūdeņi un nāseņi vārdu beigās zaudē savu balsīgumu ― liquids and nasals lose their voice (= become voiceless) word-finally
Declension
Declension of balsīgums (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | balsīgums | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | balsīgumu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | balsīguma | — |
dative (datīvs) | balsīgumam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | balsīgumu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | balsīgumā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | balsīgum | — |
Related terms
- balss